For a third straight game, Piqua rallied from a double-digit lead, but the ball didn’t bounce their way as Stebbins held on for a 70-64 victory in GWOC American action.

Piqua had rallied from a 47-33 halftime deficit to take the lead in the fourth quarter.

The visiting Indians outscored Stebbins 15-8 in the third quarter to close within 55-48 and continued to rally in the fourth quarter.

Qurri Tucker started the fourth quarter with a basket and Garrett Schrubb banked one in off a pass from Iverson Ventura and suddenly it was 55-52 with 6:56 to play.

Damiene Boles Jr. answered with four straight points for Stebbins to make it 59-52, but Tucker hit two free throws and Riley Hill scored to get Piqua back within 59-56.

After a Jalen Tolbert basket for Stebbins, Piqua ran off six straight points to take the lead.

Trey Richmond scored on a rebound, then Tucker went the length of the court off a steal to make it 61-60. Then, Kameron Darner drove through the Stebbins defense for a layup at the 4:09 mark to give Piqua a 62-61 lead as the visiting crowd erupted.

Stebbins took over from there though, outscoring Piqua 9-2 the rest of the way to hold on for the win.

Tucker had a basket with two minutes to go to get Piqua within 66-64, but Christian Rand hit two of four free throws for Stebbins and the home Indians added a late basket for the final margin.

The game had started with Stebbins jumping out to a 5-0 lead and they never trailed in the first two quarters.

With Tolbert scoring 11 points in the first half and Boles Jr. adding 10, Stebbins took a 25-13 lead after one quarter and 47-33 at halftime before Piqua’s big rally led to a dramatic finish.

Tucker scored all 12 of his points in the second half to lead a balanced Piqua attack and Mick Karn scored all 11 of his points in the opening half to keep Piqua in the game.